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The Grand Tapestry

[Background] [URUTSK: Worlds of Mystery] - Imperial AgentImage and Text (C) 2024 Kyrinn S. Eis All Rights Reserved WorldwideThe Imperium arose from the scattered Ages of Human Starflight united und...
28 minutes ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

The Other OSR: IKHON - The end is nigh and there is no denying it. The seas rise. The forests spread. Crops fail. Wars continue without reason. The dead walk the land. Peasants ...
3 hours ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Lucky Opportunities to Spend My Money..... - [image: Lucky Opportunities to Spend My Money.....] Every once in a while I feel like I luck out, but I'm sure that's because I put myself in a position t...
4 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

This Week in Geek (12-18/05/24) - *"Accomplishments"* In theaters: The Fall Guy is just great big dollop of fun and has two driving forces: 1) Make the case for stunt people getting recogn...
5 hours ago
Quag Keep

Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade (1998) - From the web: A game set in the Dark Fantastic world of the Renaissance, this RPG is the next of White Wolf's historical World of Darkness games, followi...
5 hours ago
For It Is Man's Number

Netflix And Chill: Godzilla: City On The Edge Of Battle (2018) - Oh dear. The fact that this is the second in a trilogy that has already gone from bad to worse does not bode well, but I'll inevitably be scheduling the ...
8 hours ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

You Can Always Make A Difference -
12 hours ago
Dyson's Dodecahedron

Hermit-Priest Drawing - Just a quick post of today’s drawing. Instead of an axe, I was working on my character from our current … Continue reading →
14 hours ago
Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg Blog

Deals Within Deals - - Cities Without Number, Stars Without Number, & Trey Causey's Strange Stars Rpg - Mirrors By Joseph Mohr - Session Report - We pick up with our party meeting in virtual space with the slavers representives after last week's session available here. Our fixer did her job acting...
20 hours ago
The Armchair Squid

Star Trek: Family Business - Episode: "Family Business" Series: *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* Season 3, Episode 23 Original Air Date: May 15, 1995 via Memory Beta Quark is in trouble. M...
1 day ago
Tower of the Archmage

Miniatures: Chainmail Felldrakes - I've been wanting to paint more of my non-Reaper minis, and I have a good sized collection of old Chainmail minis kicking around. They're generally fun, ...
1 day ago
Akratic Wizardry

Greyhawk to appear in the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide - Eight months ago, I wrapped up a campaign set in Gary Gygax’s version of the *World of Greyhawk* (specifically, the version found in the 1983 box set).* I ...
1 day ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Outstanding Oddibeasts, Toxic Protectors, and 5e Mousers (Oh My!) - I have picked my new laptop up. I've started work on the TMNT tribute game I mentioned previously. I'm going to be using the X-1 system created by Andy Han...
1 day ago
GROGNARDIA

The Flammarion Engraving - In the foreword to the *Lorebook of the Void*, one of the two volumes included in the original *Spelljammer *boxed set, Jeff Grubb talks about a bit abou...
1 day ago
Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-An oldschool gaming blog….

[New Encounter] Great Helmet of Grink - Great Helmet of Grink ‘You fell asleep again on watch!’ shouted Jaundo. Uzeb the Wise blearily opened his eyes and looked at Jaundo. The fighter nodded beh...
1 day ago
False Machine

Corn King and Spring Queen - Zofia Stryjenska *"After that the King began to wake, coming quietly out of the drowning, dim awareness of some shapeless disaster, over the threshold o...
2 days ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Review: Action Comics #1065 - *Action Comics #1065*, the third chapter of House of Brainiac, came out this week and was a full-throttle, warp speed adventure, filled with brawls and p...
2 days ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Review - The One That Got Away with Murder by Trish Lundy #YA #Thriller #Mystery - *Series:* * Standalone Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Release Date: April 16, 2024 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Source: PublisherGenre: Young Adult / T...
2 days ago
Expelled Grey Matter

Freaks (1932) - It is amazing how the span of almost a century changes things. *Freaks *has long been considered a cult classic even if audiences only have the butcher...
2 days ago
Fabled Lands

O tempora! O mores! - It's been a long wait -- decades, he's been talking about it; since the last century -- but finally Francis Ford Coppola's *Megalopolis *is nearly here. ...
2 days ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

New Classes and Concepts for Old-School Essentials - I've been talking about this for years, but have finally taken the plunge and put up a pre-launch Kickstarter page for my *Old School Essentials* supplem...
2 days ago
Realms of Chirak

Imminent Closing! - Closing on the new house, that is! Many of you have had this experience like me: renters instead of buyers, never finding the right time or opportunity ...
2 days ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Roaming the Mind of Gob - After a hiatus we returned to the Land of Azurth last Tuesday and picked up where we left off in an adaptation of the Role-Aids adventure *Swordthrust*. ...
3 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Chateau Frankenstein and Creedhall University - Two locations in Creedhall, each of which twists the virtue of knowledge toward horrific ends. *Chateau Frankenstein* A lone manor stands on the isle at...
3 days ago
BASTIONLAND

Week Off - Last week I took a bit of time off around my Birthday, so there's no Patreon post to share. However, if you haven't already been following the podcast t...
4 days ago
Thac0 forever!

Dragon Player Characters, Part I - I generally dislike the Council of Wyrms campaign setting, but I still use an altered form of the Dragon races found in the Campaign Option: Council of Wyr...
5 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

First Draft Complete - I've finished the first draft of my Treasures, Serpents, & Ruins Game Master Guidebook. Well, not technically the first draft, but the first completed dr...
5 days ago
World of Ortix

Weird Quirks of Ship AI (Terminal Space/SWN/Sci-Fi weirdness) - 1. Believes to be a person, imprisoned somewhere aboard the ship. 2. Claims to be possessed by a Nebular Demon. 3. Previously installed on a h...
5 days ago
Monsters and Manuals

Ungoliant's AI - But she had disowned her Master, desiring to be mistress of her own lust, taking all things to herself to feed her emptiness; and she fled to the south…T...
6 days ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

[Miniature Monday] Giant Mushroom - I'm still dabbling with the Vallejo Xpress Colors and I used them to paint this giant mushroom. I've watched several videos about using speed paints. I...
6 days ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Lake Vinegar of Chagrinspire - *Wet World of Tears*Close to Chagrinspire and fed by underworld rivers pouring from lower Chagrinspire. It has shrunk ...
6 days ago
A Storybook World

The Year I was Almost Prom Queen by Stacy Lynn Carroll - No one ever notices Emma, and that’s just the way she likes it. So when she gets nominated as Prom Queen, she thinks it must be someone’s idea of a si...
6 days ago
Literalchemy

The Past Will Come Back As A Tidal Wave [13.9] - A splash of water arced gracefully in the air and struck the earth at Sareh’s feet. Children with ladles and small cans of water laughed riotously. Cogni...
6 days ago
MINION FACTORY

Welcome to My Parlor! - FVOC #084 - LOLTH THE DEMON QUEEN OF SPIDERS Nobody escapes her Web of Terror!
1 week ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *ENCARGO DE MICE TEMPLAR* *MICE TEMPLAR COMMISSION* ENCARGOS/ COMMISSIONS http://victorsantoscomics.blogspot.com.es/p/prices-for-guidance-inked-210-x...
1 week ago
Coins and Scrolls

OSR: 1d20 Dungeon Merchants - Another excerpt from the Treasure Overhaul, but formatted for a blog post. Arnold K's dungeon merchants are, as usual, well worth reading. In the depths ...
1 week ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

Blackmoor T-Shirt from 80sTees - I got a tip from my friend Cory that 80sTees are selling these awesome looking Blackmoor T-Shirts with the image from the cover of D&D Supplement II. Th...
1 week ago
Tower of Zenopus

Mechwarrior 3rd Edition- Our Campaign in 2024 - This has been the main RPG for this year so far - even if I haven't been posting much about it here - so I thought I would pause and talk about it a l...
1 week ago
GRUBB STREET

Book: Early Stout - * The President Vanishes* by Rex Stout (Originally published as Anonymous), Farrar & Reinhart, 1934. *Provenance:* Purchase from Half-Price Books, off th...
1 week ago
Krell Laboratories

Revisiting Horror 101 with Dr. AC: The Brood - My friend, Aaron Christensen, invited me back on his video podcast to talk about one the horror movies that made the biggest impact on the young version ...
1 week ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Crisis On Infinite Earths Movie - *Blackhawk - Mera - The Creeper* *Crisis On Infinite Earths* *Character Designs* *Mera*
1 week ago
Hidden in Shadows

It started with Blackmoor - Firsts - Apparently there is a shirt for sale with the logo "It started with Blackmoor - 1975". The date indicates they are referring to Blackmoor supplement II...
1 week ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

The Owlman - Based on this post from Reddit (artist unknown). The fellow we are seeing, based on the size of the rabbit, is about halfling-sized. Nothing in the illus...
2 weeks ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

Projects - The blog is going to go silent for a bit. I have several projects I'm working on, and I want to be a bit more focused in my writing. My apologies to the re...
2 weeks ago
CROSS PLANES

This (Prison) Planet Earth for Stars Without Number - I've devoted a lot of time on this blog to the X Without Number games by Kevin Crawford's Sine Nomine Publishing so brainstorming an adventure I'd like ...
2 weeks ago
Super-DuperToyBox

Mego 50th Anniversary WGSH (Wave 18) - I was super-excited about getting these Mego Wave 18 World's Greatest Super-Heroes, which included some bonafide B-Tier DC heroes and villains like Red ...
2 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

Review of The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg - This dungeon is a reproduction of Greg Svenson’s dungeon. Greg was one of the early players in Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign and is immortalized in...
2 weeks ago
The Disoriented Ranger

ORWELL @2081 - Now as PDF, too! - *Hello, friends and neighbors. After long and hard consideration I decided to go one step further and make a PDF of my first RPG available on OBS. Turns ...
3 weeks ago
Lasgunpacker

Artizan Miniatures Frontier Scouts - As part of my new Space Frontier obsession, courtesy of Five Parsecs From Home and Star Wars threads on Lead Adventure (the most dangerous website to vis...
3 weeks ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

Night's Dark Terror 15: Journey's End in Rifllian - *This is part of a series of posts with a scene-by-scene critique, appreciation, and improvement of the 1986 TSR module B10, Night's Dark Terror. * Barr...
3 weeks ago
Stargazer's World

New Player Advice: Try To Learn The Rules - Last time in the series I wrote about the “Matt Mercer” effect and the misconception that every TTRPG session has to look like an episode of “Critical Role...
3 weeks ago
The Cryptic Archivist

Book update: Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons - I am happy to announce the upcoming publication of the book chapter *"'Dr. Holmes, I Presume?' How a California Neurology Professor Penned the First Dung...
3 weeks ago
Bat in the Attic

The Release of How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and the Isle of Pyade - The Release With the successful conclusion and fulfillment of my Kickstarter, I am releasing How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and The Isle of Pyade to the publ...
5 weeks ago
In Places Deep

A (Hopefully) Unique Complaint About the 5e Ranger - *Jessica, from Accounting** I haven't talked about 5e much on the blog, even though I ran it for a few years. Still, I have some pretty strong feeling...
1 month ago
Trollsmyth

The Light Dawns - THIS!!! Yes, a thousand times, this! Back in the day, I referred to this as “neo-classicalgaming,” which is to say, the sorts of games that came ou...
1 month ago
Elf Lair Games

Unleashing Sci-Fi Adventures: Old-School Rules in Tabletop RPGs - In the realm of tabletop gaming, there's a timeless allure to the simplicity and flexibility of old-school rules. As avid gamers, we know the joy of ga...
1 month ago
Armchair Gamer

Champions: One Earth - 2024 Update - Surprise, surprise. I was able to continue my campaign up until about 3 weekends ago, when a family tragedy finally pushed me to take a break on a number o...
1 month ago
Pulsipher Game Design

Play Balance in Britannia and Duel Britannia - Play balance - that is, ensuring that each player has an equal chance of succeeding - is an ideal in games that it can be difficult to achieve when the gam...
1 month ago
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON

Thinkin' 'bout Dragonballs - The death of Dragonball and DragonballZ creator Akira Toriyama had me thinking about Dragonball. though I don't know that I am really touched by the p...
2 months ago
Gothridge Manor

ShadowDark Magic Items - The next campaign I run will use the ShadowDark RPG. I'm not sure when that'll be (I'm hoping a little later this year), but ShadowDark is my choice. I'v...
2 months ago
The Savage AfterWorld

The Savage AfterWorld -- From Gaming Blog To Publishing House - Although The Savage AfterWorld (TSAW, for short) has fallen silent for a while, it's never gone away. Folks still stop by to read old reviews of different ...
2 months ago
The Ongoing Campaign

[Obscure Games] DragonQuest - There were quite a few attempts to break the near-monopoly that D&D held on the early fantasy adventure gaming industry. A couple have withstood the rav...
2 months ago
The Troll Dens

Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds: An Introduction -
2 months ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

Making Dungeons - I am proceeding with my #dungeon24 plans. I completed my January level and you can download it here. It's entirely randomly generated, and a good portio...
3 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards - I can't remember what group I was in, but someone asked about converting 5e monsters to OSR/BFRPG. This is how -I- would do it. I usually work with S&W s...
3 months ago
Monster Island News

Fantastic Photos From Fantasy Films - Weird Monster Escapes! Terror Seizes City! - Revenge of the Creature (1955) - In honor of the 1955 Universal horror classic Revenge of the Creature airing on Svengoolie tonight, I decided to resurrect my Fantastic Photos From Fan...
3 months ago
Quest for Fun!

Anatomy of a Pre Order - *Wyrmspan* by Stonemaier Games has gone up for pre-order for both retailers and hobbyists. How do I go about figuring out how many copies to buy? This on...
3 months ago
BACK TO THE DUNGEON!

- Guess what? To those who have been following the Back to the Dungeon RPG, the BACK to the Dungeon RPG Deluxe Hardcover PDF is live for all to devour for ...
3 months ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Skyship Battle - I was exceedingly elated when I discovered a *blog article* Xaoseed wrote in 2021 about the game mechanics I posted back around that time. I didn't spot ...
3 months ago
Beyond Fomalhaut

[MODULE] The Webs of Past and Present & Cloister of the Frog-God (NOW AVAILABLE!) - Can you have enough frog-themed modules? I am pleased to announce the publication of two adventure modules, *The Webs of Past and Present *and *Cloister of...
3 months ago
Dynasty Zero

Mini Six: Bare Knuckle Edition - I'm often oblivious to things happening in the gaming world. I'll get focused on one or a small handful of games to the exclusion of all others, even fav...
3 months ago
HeroPress

Gwenevere (2023) - Poster by Sarah McIntyreBanished from Camelot, Queen Gwenevere (Laura Frances Martin) must travel across wild country to the abbey where she is to live out...
4 months ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

2023 retrospective & 2024 plans - On the last day of 2022 I got married. In February 2023 I was invested as Baron of Delftwood, an SCA thing. Over the course of 2023 I ran D&D (OSE) fairly ...
4 months ago
Servitor Ludi

Dark Days? - Where has the year gone? Today is the winter solstice, and I thought I'd revamp a quote-post with some wise words (not mine!) from the first year of thi...
4 months ago
Katie Salidas

Shout out to My MMA coach and my youngest kiddo for this amazing new book -
5 months ago
Blog of Holding

Dungeon Delver’s Guide is one of Polygon’s “best TTRPG books of 2023” - You love to hear when people like your work, so I was thrilled to see my Dungeon Delver’s Guide on Polygon’s best-of-the-year list for TTRPG books. I’m par...
5 months ago
Geekerati

Geekerati Reviews Erle Stanley Gardner's THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS - The PreambleLike many fans of genre fiction, mystery and suspense fiction in particular, I was excited to watch the new Perry Mason series on HBO. I reall...
7 months ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

- Heya folks, the 21st Salt Mine book, Import Export, has hit the digital shelves! In the 21st book we follow Aaron Haddock-codename Stigma-as he tries to ...
7 months ago
Troll and Flame

What to relate when the thief asks for lock description - Also provides me with inspiration of how/were to place some device traps. More tricksy boxses https://www.antiquebox.org/category/antique-locks-and-me...
7 months ago
JAMES MISHLER GAMES

[Now Available] Hawkmoor Geographica -- A Shadowdark Campaign Setting - *Hawkmoor Geographica* *Designed for use with the Shadowdark RPG* *By James Mishler and Jodi Moran-Mishler* *Hawkmoor Geographica* describes the geography o...
8 months ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

The End - In January of 2011 I launched a new blog, this blog, *Adventures in Gaming version 2*. I had had several blogs before this one, most notably of course, *...
9 months ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

A Short Update - Nothing new to share in terms of D&D stuff, but I have to say I've been a little more productive on another project now that all social media sites are u...
10 months ago
The Wasted Lands

Wasted Lands - a Completely Customizable RPG - Here we go, folks! The final blog before the *Wasted Lands Kickstarter * launches! Stay tuned for more behind the curtain looks as the campaign progresses...
10 months ago
Save Vs. Dragon

Monster Stat Concept: Disposition - Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they mi...
11 months ago
Forgotten Realms Campaigns

Sexy Goblins? - Not sure how I feel about this...
11 months ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Handful of Dice random dungeon generator - Outline for a dungeon randomization method to apply to the Bakemono Caverns by the Mountain Crevasse Bridge. Will be running this location tonight in th...
1 year ago
Spirit of the Blank

Fate: Best Practices - In a fit of nostalgia this week, I appeared on a podcast (Mastering Dungeons; long-time listener, first-time guest) talking about Fate, of all things. ...
1 year ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

Red Sonja Pearl's Before Swine - So Dynamite have (as of Feb 2023) ended all Red Sonja series, but have decided to launch an Indiegogo campaign for a cosplayer and "influencer" writing ...
1 year ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

WotC Caves — 5E Under Creative Commons - I do not think anyone foresaw how Wizards of the Coast would react to the popular pressure. After the outrage at the overreach detailed in my last post, on...
1 year ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

Chronicles of the Adventures in the Dune Imperium! - Cover art for Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook I have one of the few copies of the Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook that were ...
1 year ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Almost Time !!! - Only Two ,ore Weeka... Ans it will be Gallow'een
1 year ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989) - [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970]Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970 [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover Illustration 1970]Shonen Maga...
1 year ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Midjourney and Campaign Inspiration - I'm an improvisational GM. I love random tables. I believe in the oracular power of the dice. I believe in emergent storytelling and character backstori...
1 year ago
Armor Goes Clank!

Armor Goes Clank 032 August 9, 2022 (Guess Who's Back!) (55:03) - What we've been up to, how to run one shots, and the Chicago Exposition part II! -- Download mp3 (20.8 MB) *Show links* - Play Cancer Away - How...
1 year ago
The House of Little Fears

Back but a Little Different - Not a particularly meaningful update other than to say, yes, this site was down for a very long time but is now back up and running. But something got hose...
1 year ago
Against The Wicked City

Notes on a semi-successful skill system - When I finished my Team Tsathogga campaign back in 2019, one of the things that I noted afterwards was the extent to which fighters had struggled to keep...
1 year ago
destination unknown

Legends of Gath #69; Two Skellies Under a Fig Tree - There's a lot to be said for finding a vine or fig tree to sit under with your guitar.
1 year ago
Strange Magic

Down in the Cellar - Mistress Moorvak hurried about the kitchen with the two coils of rope and a pair of lanterns Ted had asked her to provide the band. The kitchen was full of...
2 years ago
I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog

Cradle of Wyrms - I have decided - Fantasy BloodGames 4 is now to be called BloodGames 4 - Cradle of Wyrms setting. The Cradle of Wyrms is a continent sized bowl of lands ...
2 years ago
Ostensible Cat

Neurodiversity and Dragons - the adventure begins! - Tl;dr: Kia ora all! I don’t often post much about my personal life, but as a parent of two neurodiverse teens, I reckoned that I’d post some of my exp...
2 years ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Just a Note... - Hey, all. Just a quick note to visitors who may be trying to download a character sheet, adventure, whatever: I closed down my hosting account for the s...
2 years ago
Being Retro

Billy F'n Gibbons: "She's On Fire" - *William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician who is the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career...
2 years ago
Genius Loci Games

~Into the Unknown~ - Sorry, couldn’t help myself! Seriously speaking though Pacesetter games have just released a 5e version of Into the Unknown which Pacesetter describes as...
2 years ago
Billy Goes to Mordor

Star Fontiers Crewman: Enoch Whitestar - Our group started playing a Star Frontiers game over zoom. Enoch Whitestar is my character. Star Frontiers is a TSR Science Fiction RPG from the 80'...
2 years ago
Thoul's Paradise

It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead - So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993. Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps “dys...
2 years ago
Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

Why I (usually) oppose RPG design intentions - I can't find it for the life of me, but in one of the Mage the Ascension books (the Revised Era of the late 90's, not the M20 stuff), there was a gre...
2 years ago
A Very Creepy Blog

Highlights of Warren Publishing (Part 4) - Today I cover three separate stories from Jose Bea. Bea provided among the most bizarre stories and artwork that Warren would feature in its magazines, a...
2 years ago
herding cats & burning soup

Tasty Delights-- What's Been In My Kitchen Lately - I'm just doing a terrible job of getting blog momentum going other than the odd garden post. Oof! I've been spending my time at the pantry, in the garden. ...
2 years ago
Beyond the Black Gate

Hey, what's going on in here? - It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with Warrior...
2 years ago
Mesmerized by Sirens

Fantasy paths (1981) - Three rarities from 1981.
2 years ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

O.G.R.E. RPG - A rough collection of notes, lists and scribbles of ideas is slowly taking some sort of shape. O.G.R.E. stands for Occultists, Grunts, Rogues and Eccl...
2 years ago
Sword+1

Ten Dead Rats Character Sheet - I have created a quick & dirty character sheet for Ten Dead Rats, it can be downloaded from my sidebar or here.
2 years ago
House of Self-Indulgence

Untamed Cowgirls of the Wild West Part 2: Jammy Glands from the Rio Grande (Rinse Dream, 1993) - Contempt... pure, unadulterated contempt. You can feel it pouring off the screen. If your climax-based discharge resembles molasses, monetize that shit, ...
3 years ago
osarmory.com

Design Journal: Star Wars Playtest Characters! - I mentioned in my post last Thursday that I ran my first playtest of my new rules engine last Wednesday, and it went swimmingly! I also mentioned that I wa...
3 years ago
Teach Game Design

"Good old Udemy" (not) - Good old Udemy.I was unable to submit tax paperwork because the submission process failed many times over the course of some weeks.Now that I need a 1098/...
3 years ago
Swords Against the Outer Dark

The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight! - *The Spine of Night* will be premiering tonight at *SXSW*. I am extremely excited about this one! If the past output from Morgan King/Gorgonaut has been ...
3 years ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

OSR Review & Commentary On Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan Campaign Setting By Terje Nordin For The Warriors of the Red Planet Rpg - * "Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan is a campaign setting for use with the Warriors of the Red Planet Roleplaying Game.* *New character races: Mutant, ...
3 years ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Okay, this place got a little messed up! - *I need to update the live blog feed below and in my great super-skills deleted it. So I have to fix it, that might take awhile cause I believe you have...
3 years ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

Classic Rock Artists as D&D Character Classes and Tropes - Which classes would various classic rock artists be? Inspired by a podcast over on Gothridge Manor by Tim and Ivy called "Three Chickens and a Whisk." ...
3 years ago
STUFFER SHACK

Circle of the Moon Druid Magic Item - Looking to enhance a Circle of the Moon Druid, but having a hard time finding a magic item that can do it? Look no further... The post Circle of the Moon...
3 years ago
Beyond the Pale Gate

A Game of What-if Pt 1 - It has always been on my mind, the familial bond between Chainmail and D&D. I have always been entranced by the OSR titles that explore that DNA. I have...
3 years ago
Kaijuville

Where the Wheat Grows Tall zine on Kickstarter - *Gaming Zine Quest Kickstarter post #2: * Where the Wheat Grows Tall is an old-school fantasy adventure for low level characters inspired by Slavic myth....
3 years ago
Graph Paper Games

I moved ages ago, but forgot to tell anyone - I decided to get my own domain name: strangevistas.org and have been posting there for over a year. When Adam at Barking Alien mentioned that he wanted...
3 years ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections - Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game, Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue and The Tom...
3 years ago
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! - Today's the day!The day that Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! :D Brought to you by Paolo Greco of Lost Pages (lostpaolo @ Twitter), with lovely art by ...
3 years ago
A Paladin In Citadel

NEW Appendix N Video Review Series - Daniel, over at The Dungeon Dive, is starting up a Youtube review series of various Appendix N authors, I highly recommend you follow along with his inves...
3 years ago
The Dungeoneering Dad

Forgotten Depths - Dungeon Crawling Tile Action - So it appears that all I do is pimp out Kickstarters on this blog once every eighty years... ... but this one needs some love. Check it out - Forgotten...
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Rended Press

Random Dungeon Generator Exercise: Heart of the Missing Shroom Wizard's Lair - Found the picture through a Google search. Generated the encounters using Wizardawn's excellent Dungeon Builder using the options for Swords & Wizardry. Di...
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